Posts about mountain
The Belt of Venus
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Before dawn in autumn and winter on a clear day, where there is moisture or minutely-fine dust in the air, early risers get to see the Belt of Venus. The pink colouration at around 10°-20° above the horizon is caused by the scattered, reflected light of the sun hitting minute dust particles in the west,
Stac Pollaidh: “the pinnacle of the pool river”
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Hiking in the wild, remote and dramatic landscape of the north-west of Scotland last autumn.
Scafell Pike from Wasdale
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Oh, did I forget to mention? Jo and I walked up the biggest mountain in England in 2017.
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
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Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Martinsloch, Grindelwald
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The sun shines through a small hole in the rock face of the Eiger at Grindelwald for a couple of minutes, twice every year.
Tschingellochtighorn from Engstligenalp
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Obstinacy got me past a viewpoint I had aimed for and gave me the opportunity to capture a wonderfully dramatic alternative image.
Abrupt sunsets
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Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Heaven is this
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Sitting, cross-legged, a couple of arms’ length from the edge of a two-and-a-half-thousand foot drop to the valley floor, watching clouds drift across the lake into the distance.
The view around the corner at Susten Pass
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Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
Stunning
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There’s a trend these days for people to use the word “stunning”: from tabloid newspapers to t.v. presenters. And their use of the word so often makes everyone else use it. A view of the sea: “stunning”. A fashionable dress: “stunning”. A film star looking average on a red carpet somewhere: “stunning”. I think that use of the
In the shadow of the giants
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The Niesen casts a clearly triangular shadow when the sun is low in the sky.
Oeschinensee, Switzerland
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One of the more spectacular mountain lakes in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland is at Oeschinensee, in a hanging valley easily reached by cable car from the town of Kandersteg. If you’re feeling lazy, then the walk to the lakeside restaurant is a fairly easy one. If you’re more adventurous, then there are a network of paths leading
Grindelwald First, Switzerland
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The mountain restaurant and top cable car station at First, above Grindelwald, affords amazing views down to the valley and to the huge wall of rock opposite: including the famous Eiger North Wall.
Terry Abraham’s wonderful outdoor films
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Terry’s videos make me want to turn off my computer and head for the British hills immediately: whether to a well-known place like the Lake District or to places which will be new to me.
